Books - "literature"
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Bracken Country
FIRST EDITION, NO. 5/100. Signed by author. Octavo, light card covers, VG (light soiling to covers, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light foxing). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Glenbervie Press 1971
KEYWORDS: Sam Hunt New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition
Year of the Dog: Poems New and Selected
FIRST EDITION. Signed, inscribed & dated by author. Octavo, illus light card covers, VG (light soiling & scuffing to covers, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, bookplate to front cover verso, tanning). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1982
KEYWORDS: Hone Tuwhare New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition
Something Nothing
FIRST EDITION. Signed, inscribed & dated by author. Octavo, illus light card covers, VG (light to moderate soiling & scuffing to covers, light bruising to edges & extrems, bookplate to front cover verso, tanning). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Caveman Press 1974
KEYWORDS: Hone Tuwhare New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition Robin White
Selected Poems
Signed & inscribed by author. Octavo, illus light card covers, VG (light to moderate soiling & scuffing to covers, light bruising to edges & extrems, bookplate to front cover verso, tanning). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1980
KEYWORDS: Hone Tuwhare New Zealand literature poetry poems
Come Rain Hail
Fourth edition, signed, inscribed & dated by author. Lacking card cover. Octavo, stapled card, VG- (light to moderate soiling & scuffing, light bruising to edges & extrems, moderate foxing, gatherings from pp. 1-24, 3-22 & 5-20 loose). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Square One Press 1989
KEYWORDS: Hone Tuwhare New Zealand literature poetry poems
Poems
FIRST EDITION, scarce. Author's first book. Octavo, stapled light card covers, VG (moderate soiling & scuffing, moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate foxing, ). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: N.Z. Tablet Co. n/d
KEYWORDS: Eileen Duggan New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition
Messengers in Blackface
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, stapled illus light card covers, french flaps, VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate foxing, bookplate to front cover verso). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: The Amphedesma Press 1983
KEYWORDS: Alan Brunton New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition
Sap-Wood & Milk
Second edition. Octavo, illus light card covers, VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light foxing, bookplate to front cover verso, pp. [i]-1, 3-16, & 17-20 loose, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Caveman Press 1973
KEYWORDS: Hone Tuwhare Ralph Hotere New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition
The Daughter of the Dawn: A Realistic Story of Maori Magic
Third edition. Octavo, blue cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps, cracking to front & rear hinges--bdg sl sloppy, light cracking to central &rear gutters, some foxing throughout). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Jarrold & Sons 1903
KEYWORDS: William Reginald Hodder New Zealand literature history
The Gates of Hell: An Historical novel of the Present Day
Ex-library. Octavo, black cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge red, VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing, moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps, light cracking to central gutters, library inscriptions, stamps & paste-ins throughout, prev ownership inscription to ht). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Sheed & Ward 1934
KEYWORDS: Erik R v Kuhnelt-Leddihn literature fiction novel
The Oresteia
Super octavo, black cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG+ (moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges), in d/w, VG- (light rubbing, light to moderate soiling, moderate bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping & tearing, tanning). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Wildwood House 1976
KEYWORDS: Aeschylus ancient Greek Greece drama literature
The Blue-Eyed Tarokaja: A Donald Keene Anthology
Provenance of Roy Starrs. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, black card boards, spine lettered in blue gilt, VG+ (light soiling & rubbing to boards, light bruising to edges, some soiling to pg edges), in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate rubbing, light bruising to edges & extrems). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 1996
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese literature history criticism Donald Keene
The Big Season
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, black card boards, spine lettered in white, VG+ (light to moderate soiling & rubbing to boards, light bruising to edges, moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps), in d/w, VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing, moderate bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping, tanning & foxing). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co. 1962
KEYWORDS: Maurice Gee New Zealand literature modern first edition
Return to Japan: from Pilgrimage to the West
Provenance of Roy Starrs. Super octavo, illus card boards, VG (moderate soiling & rubbing to boards, light bruising to edges). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Aarhus University Press 2001
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese literature travel writing travelling
Mirror for the Moon
Provenance of Roy Starrs. Octavo, illus light card covers, VG (moderate soiling & scuffing to boards, bookseller sticker to front & rear cover, light to moderate bruising to edges, tanning). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: New Directions Books 1978
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese literature poetry poems 12th century
Arrive at Easterwine: The Autobiography of a Ktistec Machine
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate fading & tanning to spine, other general moderate tanning & soiling, minor creasing & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: Dobson Books 1977
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels science fiction scifi R A Lafferty
Numa Pompilius ; Paul et Virginie et la Chaumiere Indienne ; Elisabeth et Claire D'Albe (3 titles in 1 volume)
TEXT IN FRENCH, sm octavo, half leatherbound marbled boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine, page edges speckled red, marbled eps, mixed pagination, VG- (moderat ecracking to front & rear hinges, moderate scuffing & loss to board corners, moderate scuffing & surface loss to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, ex-libris plate [historic] to front pastedown, moderate to heavy foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Leipzig 1845-1850
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH literature sammelbuch collection anthology antiquarian
I Saw in My Dream
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to red decoration at spine, 279pp, VG- (heavy soiling to boards, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, modern ex-libris plate to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, 2cm closed tear to head of rear cover, minor chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: John Lehmann 1949
KEYWORDS: modern first editions NZ New Zealand literature writers authors Frank Sargeson fiction novels
Tregurtha Abbey, and New Zealand Tales
Sm octavo, green stiff card wrappers, black lettering to boards, printed eps, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine, moderate loss to head & base of spine, light to moderate rubbing & bruising to extrems, heavy creasing & scuffing to fore-edge of rear board, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, ink numerals to front board & title page, modern ex-libris plate to front pastedown, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's embossed mark to title page, moderate cracking to front gutter, minor pencil markings throughout with occasional light foxing also)
PUBLISHER: A D Willis (Printer) 1898
KEYWORDS: NZ New Zealand literature Hinemoa
Sidi Reszegh, and Other Verses
FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG); Photos available on request. All our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: The Progressive Publishing Society 1944
KEYWORDS: first editions poems poetry verse literature Donald McDonald NZ New Zealand poets writers